ERICA flammea. 
CHARACTER S P E C I F I C U S. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica antheris muticis, inclufis; Rylo exferto, 
corollis tubiformibus, redtis; floribus laxe fpi- 
eatis, fubfecundis, palide luteis, apicibus fubal- 
bidis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, eredtis, glabris. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, within the bloffom; 
ffiaft without; bloffoms trumpet-ffiaped, and 
Rraight; flowers grow in loofe fpikes, all rather 
turned one way, of a pale yellow with white 
ends; leaves grow by fours, linear, upright, and 
fmooth. 
DESCRIPTION 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis eredtus flridtiffimus, flexilis, parum 
ramofus, bipedalis, fruticofus; rami tenui, pauci, 
eredti; ramuli filiformes, virgati. 
Stem upright, very ftridt, flexile, branching 
but little, grows two feet high, fhrubby; the 
branches are flender, few and upright; the fmaller 
branches are thread-fhaped and twiggy. 
Folia quaterna, in apicibus ramulorum fiepe 
terna, obtufa, glabra, eredla, linearia, petiolis 
breviffimis, adpreffis. 
Leaves grow by fours, at the ends of the 
fmall branches often by threes, blunt, fmooth, 
upright, linear, with very ffiort foot-flalks preffed 
to the branches. 
Flores in ramulis terminales, raeemum for- 
mantes prope caulis fummitatem ; pedunculi bre- 
viffimi; bradteis tribus ad bafin calycis. 
Flowers are terminal on the fmall branches, 
making a long bunch or fpike near the fummit of 
the item; foot-ftalks very fhort; three floral 
leaves at the bafe of the cup. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fubulatis, adpreffis, glaberrimis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl- 
fhaped, preffed to the bloffom, very fmooth. 
Corolla tubiformis, redta, fubpubefcens, fub- 
pollicaris, pallide lutea, apice fubalbida, laciniis 
breviffimis, obtufis, parum reflexis. 
Blossom trumpet - fhaped, Rraight, rather 
downy, almoR an inch long, of a pale yellow, 
the end whitifh, fegments of the border very 
ffiort, blunt, a little reflexed. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria. An- 
theras mutic£e, inclufe. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, tips beard¬ 
lefs within the bloffom. 
Pistilliim. Germen ovatum,fulcatum. Sty¬ 
lus filiformis, exfertus. Stigma obfolete tetra- 
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-ffiaped, furred. Shaft 
thread-ffiaped, without the bloffom. Summit 
gonum. 
obfcurely four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret ab Octobre in Februarium. 
Flowers from October ’till February. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Flos. 
1. A flower. 
2. Calyx audtus. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. Stamina et PiRillum, Anthera una lente 
audta. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, with one Tip mag¬ 
nified. 
4. PiRillum, Stigma audtum. 
4. The Pointal, Summit magnified. 
